Category Archives: rock music

The end of Rock?

Posted on January 12, 2020 by

20 years ago, along with friends and family, I was stood on a grassy bank in Northumberland waiting for the grey light to reveal the first day of the new century. Not all of us who were there then are … Continue reading →

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Neil Innes

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

If I had been born in Manchester or London, I would, no doubt have a stock of anecdotes about sitting next to Joe Strummer on the bus or being at school with Peter Hook or delivering mail to Ian Dury or whatever. Living my … Continue reading →

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Lonely this Christmas..Mud

Posted on December 22, 2019 by

I always had a soft spot for Mud. Even in the unsophisticated world of zits and glitter in the mid 70’s the band was relentlessly unglamorous. Hailing from a satellite town  inSurrey Mud, rather like the Sweet or even the Jam … Continue reading →

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Music vs Politics vs Music

Posted on December 15, 2019 by

In 1979 I had my first chance to vote in a general election. Naturally the people I looked to for advice (this being the days before social media) were the rock musicians of the time. Punk had just about boiled … Continue reading →

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Ginger Baker

Posted on December 8, 2019 by

I found this post as a draft. For some reason I wrote it and never posted it. Oh well, want not waste not – here it is When I was a very young man I knew the names of two … Continue reading →

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Pete Townsend says something a bit stupid (again ).

Posted on December 1, 2019 by

After a lifetime of saying, and doing, some pretty stupid things it’s quite refreshing to find Pete Townsend still able to make new idiotic statements. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine he recently said he was relieved that former … Continue reading →

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Desiderata

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

The present pop charts may be a bit shite but in terms of consistency they make perfect sense, there’s loads of pop, a bit of rap and a very specific type of production that makes everything sound very processed. Not … Continue reading →

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